Flaming Bails Selectors Thread - Ashes 3rd Test

[Gary 111]

Okay then, we all think we can do a better job than the selectors. Aussie forumers post your XI for the WACA, English forumers post your XI and from the players that get most votes are our choice.

England its a bit of a no-brainer. Tremlett for Broad to exploit the bounce at Perth:

Strauss*
Cook
Trott
Pietersen
Bell
Collingwood
Prior+
Swann
Tremlett
Anderson
Finn

[DJ_Smerk]

I'm okay with this.

[horace]

Narnagoon c grade thirds to replace the current Oz team

[PeterCS]

Why not just draft in Victoria?

[Paul Keating]

Hussey
??
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
??
Haddin
Harris
Hauritz
Hilfenhaus
Bollinger

[horace]

clarke should be 'rested'

ponting to bat at 6 or be forced into retirement now

pk - that attack will again struggle to take 5 wickets between them...Hilf and Rhino are too similar

[Henry]

Tremlett for Broad. Although now we're one up, England might see Bresnan as the 'safe' option with his batting etc.

[Paul Keating]

Put Haddin in at six and play five bowlers plus Watto.

Sounds stupid, but they can't do much worse than the current mob.

[Henry]

For Australia- Hughes for Katich, Khawaja for North, Hauritz/Smith for Doherty, and Mark Cameron/Ben Hilfenhaus for Bollinger, who still isn't 100% fit.

[Gary 111]

For Australia- Hughes for Katich, Khawaja for North, Hauritz/Smith for Doherty, and Mark Cameron/Ben Hilfenhaus for Bollinger, who still isn't 100% fit.

How many players did England use in the 1989 Ashes? Can Australia beat our record?

[Nath]

S Marsh
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
M Hussey
D Hussey
Haddin
Harris
Hilfenhaus
Siddle
Copeland
Hauritz (12th)

something like that

[skully]

Looks OK to me, Nath.

[PeterCS]

Copeland? Stewart? Police?

[JKLever]

S Marsh
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
M Hussey
D Hussey
Haddin
Harris
Hilfenhaus
Siddle
Copeland
Hauritz (12th)

something like that

Liking the look of that 8-11 from an English perspective though I guess Aus will have to gamble with their side and with some of the decks they prepare for the last 3 tests.

Watson is a problem for me, similar to Cook in 2008 - getting 50-60 without going on.... get him down the order and get 2 new openers. Though NOT Hughes, despite his 80 in the 'A' game.

[JKLever]

Is Shaun Tait injured?

I don't see why Aus don't wheel him out for some 3-4 over spells... pretty much made you look a different side in the one dayers here last summer